python 内建函数map&reduce



1.用reduce求阶乘

class ParaError(Exception):   
    def __str__(self):
        return 'parameter must be a integer!'


def factorial(num):
    if not isinstance(num,int):
        raise ParaError()   
    if num == 0:
        return 1
    result = reduce(lambda x,y:x*y,xrange(1,abs(num)+1))  
    if num < 0:
        return 0 - result
    return result

2.用map快速得到字母与数字的字符列表

def characters():
    return map(str,xrange(10)) + map(lambda x:chr(x+97),xrange(26))